The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel who had come to plant bombs and kill Ugandans has fled back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Yoweri Museveni has said.

In his latest X (formerly Twitter) post on Thursday, December 6, 2023, Museveni said his criminal schemes were made impossible by Ugandan’s vigilance.

Two Improvised Explosive Devices (IED’s) exploded in Kikubamutwe parish in Kabalagala, Makindye Division and another one in Nabweru in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso District.

Defence Deputy Spokesperson Col. Deo Akiiki said the two IEDs were mechanical timer bombs.

President Museveni's full statement

Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu.

Greetings. 

The pig that had come from Congo to plant bombs and kill our peaceful People, it seems, has fled back to Congo after his criminal schemes were made impossible by your vigilance.

The bomb in Kikuba-mutwe exploded prematurely before he planted it where our pork-lovers were having their legitimately earned meal and the one in Nabweru exploded in the empty house where the criminals were keeping it because the security forces were hard on the heels of those pigs.

I have advised the security forces not to make the mistake of mounting roadblocks and such other blind and panicky measures that inconvenience huge masses of People that have nothing to do with the criminals.

Whenever villagers were removing jiggers from their feet, they would not cut off the infested toe or foot. They would patiently locate the eye of the jigger, isolate it and remove it and burn it in the fire.

On the Uganda side, the roads are good (do not be fooled by the potholes in parts of Kampala), the traffic is huge and fast and movement is 24 hours a day. Besides, the borders are porous and somebody can even walk into Uganda from Congo cross-country. 

We shall not tamper with this fast tempo of the human activities - cross border - of the fraternal Peoples of Uganda - Congo and East Africa in general.